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Chamar is one of the untouchable communities, or dalits, who are now classified as a Scheduled Caste under modern India's system of positive discrimination. As untouchables, they were traditionally considered outside the Hindu ritual ranking system of castes known as varna. They are found mainly in the northern states of India and in Pakistan and Nepal.

also known as 恰马尔

Chamar a.k.a. Chamari Language: Chamari is the Western Hindi language of the chamar caste of Madhya Pradesh, Lucknow, and Maharashtra. It is not clear how distinct it is from other varieties of Hindi.

Printed books with definitions for Chamar

Chamar is an occupational caste that is associated with leather tanning,
preparing of skin, manufacturing leather articles and making shoes (Briggs 1990:
11). It is scattered all over north India, being most numerous in UP, Bihar and
some ...

Together with an Examination of the Names and Figures Shown in the Census Report, 1882, Being an Attempt to Classify on a Functional Basis All the Main Castes of the United Provinces, and to Explain Their Gradations of Rank and the Process of Their Formation. 28th February, 1885 by John Collinson Nesfield

The Chamar is a very numerous caste, and may have
sprung out of several different tribes, like the Domr Kanjar, Hsibura, Chern, &c,
the last ...

They feel Chamar is a derogatory and insulting name given by highcaste people.
Certainly Valmikis, when they are referred to as Churas (sweepers and cleaners),
feel humiliated and find the word most offensive — akin to the word 'nigger' ...

"Running parallel to the boom in the advertising
industry, we saw a cinema that sought to make a slightly different kind of *A
chamar is an untouchable leather worker; chamari is the 110 * TWENTIETH
CENTURY.

Chamar is a dalit occupational sub-caste who are engaged in manufacturing,
processing and trading in leather and leather goods and traditionally regarded as
'untouchable' in Indian caste hierarchy. One who works on the sole of the sandal
...